Woman faces attempted murder charge in shooting of Kings Mountain man

A 55-year-old woman faces an attempted murder charge, but told police she didn’t realize that she had shot a man at her Cherryville home.

The 43-year-old man who was shot, Phillip Daniel Hughes, of 516 Waco Road, Kings Mountain, left the home after being shot and was found after police stopped the truck he was in after it had failed to stop for two traffic signals.

Police charged Vera Nations Morrison of 201 Marcus Drive with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. She was booked into Gaston County Jail under a $50,000 bond Wednesday morning.

Hughes apparently needed surgery early Wednesday morning, although his condition was not immediately available.

The two had been arguing at the Marcus Drive home of Morrison in front of Hughes’ daughter when the shooting occurred just a few minutes before midnight Tuesday.

Hughes’ daughter was in the truck with her father when it was stopped. The age of the girl was not given on arrest warrants.

Police say Morrison used a .25-caliber pistol to shoot Hughes. The gun was found on a night stand with an empty cartridge found on the living room floor, and another round, this one unfired, under a coffee table.